LUCKNOW, June 13 -- Police remained on alert in Barabanki after the district administration denied permission for a fair to mark "urs" at Syed Shaqeel Baba's shrine in Barabanki's Suratganj between June 10 and 13, citing law and order concerns, Barabanki police officials said on Thursday.

The fair was a four-day annual affair for the past 75 years. In Islam, "urs" refers to the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, a commemorative event often held at the shrine or tomb. The Barabanki district authorities had imposed a similar ban previously on the annual urs fair at Syed Salar Shah Gazi's shrine in Satrikh, Barabanki in May, citing law and order concerns. It was scheduled to be held from May 14-18, 2025, at the Budhe Baba Ki Mazar in Satrik...